Polaroid Freescape 20071016 manual

T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 1 20071016 P olaroid Freescape 4.3” Wireless Media Player User ’ s Manual[...]

2 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 2 T itl C ONGRA TULA TIONS on your purchase of a Polaroid Digital Multimedia Player . Please read carefully and follow all instructions in the manual and those marked on the product before fi rst use. Failing to follow these warnings could res[...]

3 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 3 Pictur e V iewer ...................................................................... 19 Supported Content ....................................................................... 19 Controls .................................................[...]

4 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 4 T itl Enabling TV Out Mode ............................................................... 38 Exiting TV Out Mode .................................................................. 38 Optimizing Y our TV Screen ...............................[...]

5 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 5 Saf et y & Handling Although your P olar oid P or table Media Player (P MP) is quite sturdy , please obser ve saf ety and handling instruc tions: • Y our PMP should only be operated within the f ollowing envir onmental conditions: o 40 [...]

6 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 6 T itl W arning: Changes or modi fi cations to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user ’ s authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply wit[...]

7 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 7 Industr y Canada Statement This Class B device meets all r equirements of the Canadian inter fer ence -causing equipment regulations. Cet appar eil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigenc es du Règlement sur le matéteriel br o[...]

8 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 8 T itl Cont ents P ack aging Includes: • Digital P or table Multimedia Play er • USB Cable • AC A dapter • Earbud Headphones • User ’ s M anual • Quick Star t Guide • Wa r r a n t y C a r d • W orldwide Contact Sheet Getting [...]

9 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 9 Controls Controls The P MP has the following c ontrols: • P ower Butt on If pressed while the play er is on, it provides a menu to pow er down your pla yer , put it into standb y or lock/unlock the keys . • 5-W ay Navigation Button with p[...]

10 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 10 T itl • USB Connector This is a mini-USB style connector . When a USB Cable is connected, it can char ge your P MP or it can provide a c onnec tion to y our PC to transf er content. • V olume Buttons This button tilts up wards to pr ovi[...]

11 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 11 T urning the Player On and Of f There ar e several wa ys to turn the PMP on . • P ower Butt on The most common wa y to turn on the PMP is b y pressing the P ow er Button. • AC A dapter The A C Adapter has the ability to c ompletely powe[...]

12 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 12 T itl The P MP has 2 low pow er modes. P ressing the pow er button brings up a menu to chose between these modes . • Shutdown Mode This mode complet ely powers o the player and is the low est power state . When pow ered on fr om this s[...]

13 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 13 Navigation The PMP has a T -Bar style navigation. The main menu is considered to be the icons along the top of the player . The item that you are currently on is in the center of the row of icons, it is highlighted and its corresponding tit[...]

14 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 14 T itl Navigation T o proceed into a menu item y ou can either press ‘ down ’ or ‘ selec t ’ on the 5-W ay nav button. T o go back wards , press the ‘Back’ touch key . The ‘Menu ’ touch key is a button whose function may chan[...]

15 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 15 F irmwar e is the soft war e in the player that c ontrols the whole play er . P eriodically P olaroid will r elease new  rm ware that addresses the addition of new featur es and the improv ement of existing featur es. It is recommended t[...]

16 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 16 T itl Audio Player Supported Content The P MP can play these audio formats: • MP3 (.mp3) unprotected • WMA (.wma) unpr otected and DRM protected • AAC (.m4a) unpr otected If using the “Removable Disk ” (Mass Storage) option to tra[...]

17 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 17 In the Now Playing menu , you can • F ast F or ward • Rewind • P ause/Play • Sk ip t o Nex t T rack • Sk ip t o Pr evious T rack When paused: • Pr essing Play/P ause touch key will begin to play the curr ent track • Momentaril[...]

18 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 18 T itl Playlists Y ou can create playlists on the devic e by selecting an audio track and adding it to a playlist. Within the A udio bro wser , when a track has been highlighted, a pr ess of the MENU key will bring up a list of options. Scro[...]

19 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 19 Picture V iewer Supported Content The P MP can display these picture formats: • JPEG (.jpg) If using the “Removable Disk ” (Mass Storage) option to transf er  les, the picture  les must be in the “P ic tur es” direc tory in [...]

20 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 20 T itl Controls When in the Picture View er , photos can be bro wsed with the 5-W ay nav button by f older , date or by all . Photo thumbnails are displa yed within the selected view and a speci c photo can be scr olled to and selected. ?[...]

21 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 21 Supported Content The P MP can display these video formats: • Windo ws Media V ideo (.wmv) • MPEG-4 (.m4v) • MPEG (.mpg) Up to 360x240 at 29.97 F rames P er S econd Up to 480x272 at 24 F rames P er Second Note: If using the “Removab[...]

22 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 22 T itl Controls T o play a  le , selec t it fr om the V ideo menus by pressing the ‘Select ’ key . This will take y ou to the Now Playing menu . The Now Playing screen can also be enter ed at nearly any time be pr essing the ‘Menu?[...]

23 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 23 Settings Video settings can be ac cessed from the No w Playing view with the MENU key . F our primar y settings are av ailable: • T reble Boost - Boosts the high frequencies of the audio • Bass Boost - Boosts the low fr equencies of the[...]

24 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 24 T itl Wireless Operation The P MP includes a built-in 802.11b/g wireless network adapter . This section tells you how to use the f eatures utilizing the wir eless adapter . About Wireless Networks • The P MP suppor ts two basic W ireless [...]

25 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 25 Network P rivac y The P MP suppor ts both WEP ( Wired Equivalent P rivac y) and WP A PSK ( W ireless P rotected Ac cess P re Shared Key) network privacy methods. • WEP: 64-bit and 128-bit key s are suppor ted . • WP A: A passwor d compr[...]

26 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 26 T itl Using WiFi • Enabling WiF i A utomatically When attempting to use an y featur e that requires WiF i, the user will be automatically prompted t o enable WiF i. • Enabling WiF i Manually WiF i can be enabled manually by pressing the[...]

27 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 27 Player-to-Player Sharing Play er-to -Play er wireless  le sharing provides the ability for y our PMP to send and share  les with another P olaroid P MP . T o share  le(s): 1. Highlight the  les or f olders you choose to shar e w[...]

28 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 28 T itl T o receive  les: There ar e two ways t o put the player int o receive mode . 1. Pr ess the Menu button. 2. Selec t “Receiv e F iles ” . 3. Once the  les star t to transfer , the progress indicator will display the art work [...]

29 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 29 Note: DRM prot ec t ed content will not play on another device unless that device has an appropriat e license to play the c ontent. Podcasting Y our PMP has the ability to bro wse and download audio podcasts (digital audio  les) wireless[...]

30 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 30 T itl T o subscribe to a podcast: 1. Navigate t o an episode you ’ d like to subscribe to . 2. Pr ess the Menu button. 3. Selec t “Subscribe ” . T o browse y our subscriptions: 1. Navigate t o “P odcasting” under the “Ex tras ?[...]

31 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 31 5. Pr ess the Menu key . 6. Selec t “Unsubscribe ” . 7. Pr ess the Center Key . T o download the latest episode of the podcasts you subscribe t o: 1. Navigate t o “P odcasting” under the “Ex tras ” icon from the Main Menu. 2. Pr[...]

32 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 32 T itl T o Delete a Custom Podcast : 1. Navigate t o “P odcasting” under the “Ex tras ” icon from the Main Menu. 2. Selec t “ Cust om Podcasts ” fr om the list. 3. Pr ess Center or Right Key 4. Selec t a custom P odcast from the [...]

33 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 33 Wireless Operation T o enable the download manager: 1. Navigate t o the “Download Manager ” icon from the Main Menu . 2. Pr ess the Down or C enter key . 3. Pr ess the Menu key . 4. Selec t “Enable ” option. Note: Y ou will not see [...]

34 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 34 T itl T o stop or remov e all items being downloaded: 1. Navigate t o the “Download Manager ” icon from the Main Menu . 2. Pr ess the Down or C enter key . 3. Pr ess the Menu key . 4. Selec t “Remov e All” option. 5. Pr ess the Cent[...]

35 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 35 FM Radio The P MP has an integrated F M Radio . The functions that can be per formed b y the FM Radio are described her e and are available b y pressing the ‘Menu ’ Button when within the F M Radio feature . Radio On/Off If the selec ti[...]

36 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 36 T itl T uning This option allow s you to change the T uning Mode of the FM Radio . NO TE: Be sure y our headphones are connected prior to tuning . • Seek When using Seek Mode, pressing the 5- W ay na v button left or right or pressing the[...]

37 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 37 TV Out The P olaroid P MP L CD image can be re - dir ec ted t o be displayed on most television sets , allowing the entire device operation t o be enjoy ed on the big screen. This requir es the included Audio/V ideo Cab le. Note: Stationar [...]

38 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 38 T itl Selecting the proper TV Mode The P olaroid P MP suppor ts both P AL and NTSC T Vs . This setting is found b y navigating through the menu lev els: Extras -> Setup -> S ettings -> Displa y -> T V Mode The selected setting i[...]

39 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 39 Connecting to your PC Audio , video and photo c ontent can be transferr ed from y our PC to your P MP . T o do so, c onnec t the supplied USB cable fr om your PC to the PMP . A prompt will appear on the P MP L CD with three options: • USB[...]

40 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 40 T itl After selecting Removable Disk , a message ma y appear on your PC similar to this one: Selec t “ Open folder …. ” and press OK. This opens Windo ws Explorer and allows y ou to bro wse the PMP’ s int ernal hard disk. I f this m[...]

41 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 41 When you ar e done dragging  les onto your P MP , disconnec t the USB cable and the play er will scan the new  les . All new media  les will appear in the content br owsers on the P MP . T ransfers of large amounts of  les can r[...]

42 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 42 T itl Selec t “S ync digital media… ” and press OK. This opens W indows Media Player and allo ws you to manage y our media librar y and sync it to your P MP . W indows Media Play er must be used for synchr onizing music for album art [...]

43 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 43 Charging the Battery Y our PMP uses a long-lasting Lithium-ion battery that is replaceable. Only use a P olaroid appr oved r eplacement batter y . V isit P olaroid.c om for ac cessories. Charging the Battery[...]

44 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 44 T itl There ar e 2 ways t o charge the batter y in y our PMP . AC Adapter The A C Adapter is the r ecommended way to char ge your PMP . This connection has the abilit y t o provide enough pow er to completely po wer your pla yer during the [...]

45 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 45 Extras Setup There ar e many extra settings that can be accessed on y our PMP that will help you customiz e it to your liking. Na vigate to the Main Menu option ‘Extras’ Æ Setup Æ Settings. Display Ther e are 3 display settings the us[...]

46 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 46 T itl Sy stem This menu show s many of the syst em settings that you can customize . • Device Name Selec ting this menu option, a virtual keyboard will pop-up and using the 5-W ay na v button you can name your pla yer whatev er you like. [...]

47 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 47 • Aut o Key Lock This option will allow the user t o have the pla yer lock all of the user input keys after a predet ermined amount of time. P ress the P ower Button to bring up the menu to unlock the keypad. • F ormat Disk This option [...]

48 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 48 T itl V ideo This menu allow s you to change the default Video Mode . The choic es are F ullscreen, Zoom and Normal . Photo This menu allow s you to change the default picture viewing mode . The choices are F ullscreen, Z oom and Normal. Ne[...]

49 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 49 select “M edia Play er ” 4. Y our PC will likely prompt you with a windo w ask ing you what y ou want to do with this connection. Y ou do not need to select anything . 5. Double -Click on the  rmwa re  le you downloaded and follo [...]

50 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 50 T itl Resetting the PMP At times , your por table media pla yer may no longer r esponds to button presses . F irst, check to make sure the key-lock swit ch is not enabled. Look f or a padlock icon on the status bar . Next tr y to turn the P[...]

51 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 51 T echnical Speci fi cations Display Speci cation Display T echnology L CD Size (inches) 4.3” Aspect R atio 16:9 P anel T ype Digital T ransmissive TFT , Norm Black F rames P er Second 24-30 Resolution 480x272 Number of lines 272 Back [...]

52 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 52 T itl T echnical Speci fi cations Storage Internal 2.5” Hard Drive 60 GB 15,000 songs 10,000 photos 80 hours video *actual capacit y may vary by content A udio MP3 Audio Pla yback AAC A udio Playback Unprotected WMA A udio Playback DRM P[...]

53 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 53 T echnical Speci fi cations F M T uner FM F requencies 87.5 – 107.9 MHz Antenna Headphone Cor d V ideo H.264 Video Pla yback WMV Video Pla yback Photo JPEG Suppor t Batter y/P ower Batter y Lithium-Ion Removable Y es Batter y Lif e (hour[...]

54 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 54 T itl T echnical Speci fi cations Headphones Jack 3.5mm Impedance 32 ohm F requency Response 20Hz – 20kH z O ther USB 2.0 High Speed T V Output Composite Video (NTSC, P AL) WiF i 802.11b/g Unit Dimensions Unit Dimensions (H x W x L) .8?[...]

55 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 55 F AQ & T roubleshooting F AQ & T roubleshooting No album art appears, why? Sync your PMP with W indows Media Player to transfer album art to the PMP . The Player has stopped responding V erify the Key-lock has not been enabled. The [...]

56 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 56 T itl Support T ransferring music , video or photos to the P MP takes a long time. Use Windo ws Media Play er for the highest transf er rate . Songs transfer in a f ew seconds each while an hour of video takes minutes . When synchr onizing [...]

57 T itl e: PO _ 10664 _ MPU M anua l _ UK L anguage: E ng li s h FI N o.: 10664 D a t e: 22/1 1/07 P age: 57 Support Questions? Need some help? Call our help line found on the insert with this icon: Visit the support page for the Digital P or table Multimedia Player at ww w .polaroid.c om/suppor t fo r: • Up to date documentation • F irmwar e [...]